Establishment of the Vultocinidae, a new family for an unusual new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea), with comments on the taxonomy of the Goneplacidae Author Ng, Peter K. L. Author Manuel-Santos, Marivene R. text Zootaxa 2007 1558 39 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.178296 0366c4ab-3941-4376-806f-6cf6e3d8c403 1175-5326 178296 Vultocinus , new genus Diagnosis . Entire dorsal carapace surface covered with short, stiff setae, with underlying complex pattern of ridges and grooves, regions well marked by high tuberculated and granulated swellings ( Figs. 2 , 3 A). Mandibles dark coloured even after in preservatives ( Fig. 8 A). Thoracic sternum relatively narrow transversely ( Fig. 9 A), sternite 3 with shallow median longitudinal groove ( Fig. 9 A), posterior edge of episternite 7 strongly produced posteriorly to form spur which reaches coxa of P5 ( Fig. 13 A, B). Meri of ambulatory legs with distinct median carinae, ventral margins of P2–P4 with 2 or 3 prominent perpendicular spines each ( Fig. 4 C, D). Male abdomen relatively narrow transversely ( Figs. 9 A, 10A), sutures for all somites and telson clearly visible but somites 3 and 4 immovable, fused, other somites freely articulating ( Fig. 5 B). G1 relatively slender, gently curved, surface with simple spines ( Fig. 5 C-F); G2 with distal segment short, about one-sixth length of basal segment ( Fig. 5 G, H). Etymology . The name is derived from the Latin vultuosus for “full of expression”, alluding to the distinctively marked carapace features of the type species. The name is an arbitrary combination with the Latin word for crab, Carcinus . Gender masculine. Remarks . See discussion for family.